Composer
Rachel Portman
British composer
b. 1960
18 works in the index
- Born
- 1960
- Birthplace
- Haslemere
- Citizenship / historical state
- United Kingdom
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman (born 11 December 1960) is a British composer. She was the first female composer to win the Academy Award for Best Original Score (for Emma), and was nominated two further times (for The Cider House Rules and Chocolat). She has composed more than one hundred scores for film, television and theatre, and has collaborated with the BBC on several projects, including an opera based on The Little Prince and a choral symphony called The Water Diviner's Tale.
Portman's career in music began with writing music for drama in BBC and Channel 4 films such as Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Mike Leigh's Four Days in July and Jim Henson's Storyteller series.
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2010, and is an honorary member of Worcester College, Oxford. Portman is a Fellow of the Royal College of Music. She was made an honorary fellow in a ceremony at the RCM, where Prince Charles (now King Charles III), then President of the RCM, presented the award.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; film score composer; musician
- Education
- Worcester College; Charterhouse School
- Genres
- soundtrack
- Awards
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire; Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
- Official website
- http://www.rachelportman.co.uk
- Birth name
- Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 10041220
- ISNI
- 0000000108694316
- GND ID
- 134288483
- Library of Congress ID
- n94041436
- MusicBrainz ID
- 550508e3-efae-47de-83cc-e50cc471d7e4
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Choir, Guitar, Voice, Cello
- Genres represented
- Film and TV, pop
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 18
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As Long As There's Christmas | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 8 |
| End Titles | — | — | — | Piano | — | 9 |
| Passage Of Time/Vianne Sets Up Shop | — | — | — | Cello, Flute, violin, Clarinet | Film and TV | 5 |
| Passage Of Time | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 5 |
| The Wedding | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| The Wedding/End Titles | — | — | — | Piano | — | 4 |
| Chocolat (Main Titles) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 6 |
| Safe Place/Friend Truman/End Titles | — | — | — | Piano | — | 4 |
| Main Titles | — | — | — | Piano | — | 4 |
| Main Titles from The Cider House Rules | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| The Lamplighters | — | — | — | Choir | — | 2 |
| The Roses | — | — | — | Choir | — | 1 |
| The Stars | — | — | — | Choir | — | 1 |
| The Road To The Workhouse | — | — | — | Piano | Film and TV | 2 |
| Look At The Stars | — | — | — | Choir | — | 1 |
| The Birds | — | — | — | Choir | — | 2 |
| Guillaume's Confession | — | — | — | — | Film and TV | 1 |
| Frank Churchill Arrives | — | — | — | Piano | — | 0 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 10041220.